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dreadfully ADV

1. dreadfully:

dreadfully
可怕地 kěpàde

disdain [dısˈdeın] VB trans N

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disdain
轻视 qīngshì
disdain
鄙视 bǐshì
▶ disdainful [dısˈdeınfʊl] ADJ
▶ disdainfully ADV

awfully ADV

gainful ADJ

painful [ˈpeınfʊl] ADJ

2. painful:

painful
棘手的 jíshǒude
painful
费力的 fèilìde
▶ painfully ADV

disinfect [ˌdısınˈfekt] VB trans

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disinfect
给…消毒 gěi…xiāodú
disinfect
给…杀菌 gěi…shājūn
▶ disinfection [ˌdısınˈfekʃən] N

disgraceful [dısˈgreısfʊl] ADJ

distasteful ADJ

sinful [ˈsınfʊl] ADJ

rainfall [ˈreınfɔːl] N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
And it was done indolently, without haste, sometimes seemingly disdainfully.
en.wikipedia.org
I can't recall the whole thing, but it involved a chauvinist male (or male chauvinist) poet addressing her disdainfully as "di" in a verse.
www.thehindu.com
He leaves officers waiting too long in his antechamber; he speaks to them disdainfully and sometimes harshly.
en.wikipedia.org
Should we be hearing what the creators themselves often disdainfully call "juvenilia"?
latimesblogs.latimes.com
He ignores and disdainfully dismisses peer-reviewed science... when the conclusions conflict with his own views.
www.vancouversun.com
Rolling her eyes disdainfully, she pointed at the snow.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
I'm sure that the extroverts will find something else to pose as soon enough, but until then, the real deal can but disdainfully sigh.
blogs.discovermagazine.com
The damaging precedent would have been if the court instead allowed companies to treat trademark so disdainfully as a technical end-around to patent law.
www.techdirt.com
Other writers, she said disdainfully at the time, had to rely on servants' tittle-tattle to get their information.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The market women and street vendors stare disdainfully at the blue-helmeted intruders.
www.dailymail.co.uk

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